Anadarko Petroleum (APC, news, chart) saw bullish order flow ahead of a presentation Wednesday at 14:00 Eastern time. The stock edged up 30 cents to $54.82 and 17,000 calls traded on the day, more (register to read more …)

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LDG Open Interest Heading Into Takeover Announcement. Click to enlarge.

Longs Drug Store (LDG, news, chart) is trading up 29.6 percent, to $70 a (register to read more …)

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Risk perceptions are higher Tuesday thanks to another round of bad news from the financials. JP Morgan (JPM) is down 11 percent, Morgan Stanley (MS) off 8 percent, Wachovia (WB) hit for a 12 percent loss, Lehman (LEH) down (register to read more …)

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Since the update on NVidia (NVDA, news, chart) twenty minutes ago, which highlighted bearish order flow heading into this afternoon’s earnings report, a player seems to have opened a substantial bull call spread (register to read more …)

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NVidia (NVDA, news, chart) is seeing bearish order flow ahead of earnings. The stock isn’t doing much, down 19 cents to $11.04 a share. However, in the options market, volume is running three times (register to read more …)

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The US Oil Fund (USO) is down $1.00 to $91.50 a share and dipped below $91 today, for the first time since early May. USO is down roughly 23 percent from record highs one month ago. The USO attempts to (register to read more …)

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The action in CSX Corp. (CSX, news, chart) Tuesday is a bit puzzling. The stock fell 6.3 percent and volume (register to read more …)

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Aggressive put buying picking up in Bank of America (BAC, news, chart) this afternoon. Stock is off more than 4% on the day, in line with the sector, and a large order to pay (register to read more …)

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Applied Materials (AMAT, news, chart) is due to report earnings after the close of trading, but investors don’t seem to expect the stock to do much on the news. With two hours remaining in (register to read more …)

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Altera (ALTR, news, chart) saw bearish order flow Tuesday morning. The stock is up 4 cents to $23.89 and volume in the options market (register to read more …)

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